Mike Peyton
Mike Peyton (20 January 1921 – 25 January 2017) was a British cartoonist, described by his biographer as ‘the world’s greatest yachting cartoonist’.
Mike Peyton
- Born
- 1921
- Died
- 2017
- Occupation
- cartoonist · illustrator
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Mike Peyton (20 January 1921 – 25 January 2017) was a British cartoonist, described by his biographer as ‘the world’s greatest yachting cartoonist’.
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Biography
Mike Peyton was born into a mining family in County Durham, the son of a disabled First World War veteran. Having lied about his age to join the army himself, he was seconded by the intelligence corps to draw maps of the North African desert during the Second World War. Despite escaping twice he spent most of the war in a prisoner of war camp. Freed by the advancing Soviet army, he fought alongside Russian troops as they invaded Nazi Germany from the East. After the war Peyton worked as a freelance cartoonist for the New Scientist for 35 years, as well as contributing cartoons to a wide range of magazines, including the Church of England Times, Corsetry & Underwear, Practical Boat Owner and Yachting Monthly. His biography, PEYTON: The World’s Greatest Yachting Cartoonist, was written by Dick Durham and published by Adlard Coles Nautical in 2010. In 2012 the Royal Cruising Club gave Peyton their award for lifetime services to yachting.
Personal life
Personal life
Peyton was married to bestselling author K. M. Peyton and lived in Essex.
Selected bibliography
• Out of Our Depth, 2009, Adlard Coles Nautical • Mike Peyton’s Floating Assets, 2008, Adlard Coles Nautical • Ever Wonder Why We Do It?, 2007, Adlard Coles Nautical • Quality Time: 50 Years of Sailing, 2005, John Wiley & Sons • To Horse, 1980, George G Harrap and Co. Ltd.
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- 1.Eight Bells: Mike Peyton >> Scuttlebutt Sailing News. Scuttlebutt Sailing News. 2017.
- 2.Bloomsbury Publishing site web
- 3.Maldon Standard
- 4.NoonSite
- 5.Le New Scientist
- 6.Site officiel
- 7.Eric Vibart. Voiles & Voiliers n°484. mensuel. Juin 2011.
- 8.Tributes paid to celebrated yachting cartoonist Mike Peyton. Practical Boat Owner. 26 janvier 2017.
- 9.Yachting Monthly
Bibliography printed in the source article · 27
- Quality Time? Celebrating 50 Years of Sailing & the Life of 'the World's Greatest Yachting Cartoonist, 2017, Fernhurst Books (seconde édition de l'ouvrage de 2005, en hommage à Mike Peyton)
- World of Peyton, 2012, Adlard Coles Nautical /Bloomsbury
- Mike Peyton’s Floating Assets, 2008, Adlard Coles Nautical
- Ever Wonder Why We Do It ?, 2007 (nouvelle édition enrichie), Adlard Coles Nautical
- Quality Time ? His 50 Years of Sailing plus 80 cartoons, 2005, Fernhurst Books
- An Average War, Eight Army to Red Army, 2003, édition à compte d'auteur, reprise par Fernhurst Books en 2006
- On the Ebb, 1998, Fernhurst Books
- Ready About ! 1993, Fernhurst Books
- On passage, 1991, Fernhurst Books
- Home and dry, 1989, Fernhurst Books
- Imminent all areas, 1987, Nautical Books
- Out of Our Depth, 1985, Nautical Books / 2009, Adlard Coles Nautical
- Ski with Peyton, 1985, Fernhurst Books
- Les meilleurs dessins de Peyton, 1984, Gallimard
- The Pick of Peyton, 1983, Nautical Books
- They Call It Sailing, 1981, Nautical Books
- To horse, 1980, George G. Harrap & Co Ltd
- Plaisir d'humour ne dure qu'une marée, 1979, traduit par Marc P.G. Berthier, Voiles/Gallimard
- Finish with Engines, 1979, Nautical Publishing Co Ltd
- Hurricane Zoë and other sailing, 1977, Nautical Publishing Co Ltd
- Come sailing again, 1976, Nautical Publishing Co Ltd
- Come sailing, 1975, Nautical Publishing Co Ltd
- Ever Wonder Why We Do It ?, (première édition, à compte d'auteur) Brimstone Publishing Company.
- Come saling (again) with Peyton, 51 Cartoons, Ocean Publications Ltd
- Come sailing with Peyton, 46 Cartoons, 1972, BlackJAC Group, Apsley, Hemel Hempstead
- The best of Peyton from Yachting & Boating weekly, 1969, Illustrated Newspapers Ltd
- Dick Durham, The World’s Greatest Yachting Cartoonist, Adlard Coles Nautical, 2010.
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